Floating World Gallery

05/06/2025

Yoshida Toshi Catalogue Raisonné

Published by the Fuchu Art Museum; primarily in Japanese, although print titles are also in English; includes 499 images, 6 to a page

https://floatingworld.com/product/yoshida-toshi-catalogue-raisonne/

04/09/2025

A new post in our blog Block Talk

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04/08/2025

The Essence of Spring

Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949) has captured the spirit of spring and cherry blossom season (minus the crowds) in this print, Ueno Park, 1939.

03/20/2025

Earlier this afternoon, a pencil signed copy of Toshi Yoshida’s Monument Valley hammered for $6000 at Heritage Auction’s sale of Japanese prints from the Ruth Nelkin Collection. We have been sold out of pencil signed impressions of this design for a few years, but we have a few posthumous
printings still in stock. Act now to secure your copy at a fraction of the price.

https://floatingworld.com/product/monument-valley-2/

03/18/2025

Iconic Hiroshige Rain Scenes

After an absence for several years, we are delighted to bring back Connoisseurs' Corner, an exhibition of some of our finest and most unique prints. While we frequently have prints of this caliber, we generally place them privately with our most discerning collectors and museums.

Included in the exhibition are two of Hiroshige’s most iconic designs - Shono: Driving Rain, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Hoeido Tokaido) and Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake from the One Hundred Famous Views of Edo series.

Use this link to view these in prints and the other fine 18th -20th century works in the Connoisseurs’ Corner exhibition:

https://floatingworld.com/connoisseurs-corner-a-selection-of-our-very-best-prints/

03/15/2025

We’ve Got Some Real Beauties in our Connoisseurs’ Corner!

After an absence of several years, we are delighted to bring back Connoisseurs' Corner, an exhibition of some of our finest and most unique prints. While we frequently have prints like these, we generally place them privately with our most discerning collectors and museums.

These are three of the most iconic shin hanga bijin images in the exhibition: Kotondo's delicately printed Morning Hair, Jacoulet's Lady in Red, his most difficult print to find and Goyo’s Woman Applying Make-up, where he paid homage to the mica background works of Utamaro and other early ukiyo-e masters who inspired his work.

View Connoisseurs’ Corner:

https://floatingworld.com/connoisseurs-corner-a-selection-of-our-very-best-prints/

02/28/2025

It’s Auction Day!

166 lots featured in No Reserve Japanese Woodblock Print Auction on Feb 28, 2025 by Floating World Auctions in IL, featuring Kuniyoshi Woodblock - Chusenko and a Giant Snake, Charles Bartlett Woodblock - Golden Temple, Armistrar and more.

02/21/2025

Due to unavoidable circumstances, we have postponed our No Reserve Japanese Print Auction until Friday, February 28 at 9:00 am CST. Pre-bidding remains available.

Thank you for your understanding.

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/361653_no-reserve-japanese-woodblock-print-auction/

02/15/2025

Here’s a look at some of the prints in our no reserve auction on Friday February 21. There are 166 lots, all offered without reserve. Artists include Hasui, Hiroshige, Hoson/Koson, Koitsu, Kotondo, Kuniyoshi, Shinsui, Shiro and Hiroshi and Yoshida. You can bid live at the sale or leave order bids now.

01/28/2025

In the Year of the Snake, we wish you happiness and hope you find the opportunity to shed the old and embrace the new 🐍

01/20/2025

With the prices of Hasui prints continuing to skyrocket, it is hard to keep the Watanabe Reiwa printings in stock. These are prints made recently from the original blocks by the Watanabe Color Print Co.

This is the most recently released design, Iris Garden at Meiji Shrine. Tokyo, 1951, and we only have 3 copies remaining. Order soon, while it is still available.

https://floatingworld.com/product/iris-garden-at-meiji-shrine/

01/04/2025

May 31 - September 21, 2025The exhibition will feature a collection of 50 original works of art and 13 artifacts that have never been seen in the U.S. More than a wave, this exhibition promises to be more than your typical museum exhibition with engaging experiences that will immerse guests in Edo P...